Two-compartment tray



Dec. 11,1923., A 1,476,750

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' CHARLES C. CASEY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Two-COMPARTMENT TRAY.

Application mea June 24, 1921. serialv No. 450,089.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. CASEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, re- Sidin at Detroit, in the county of Wayne 4' and tate of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-Compartment Trays, of which the following is a specification, reference'being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a two-compartment tray in contradistinction to the multicompartment tray disclosed in my pending a plication filed May 23, 1921, Ser. No. 4 2,026.r v

This invention aims to provide a tray somewhat similar to the multi-compartment tray, especially as to its useand`finish, but in the construction of the two-compartment tray there are slight differences compared to my prior tray, and these dierences will appear vhereinafter and set `forth in the clalms.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein l Figure 1 is a lanI of the tray blank;

Fig. 2 is a p an, on a' larger scale, of a bottom blank, adapted to cooperate with the tray blank in forming atwo-compartment traly;

ig. 3 is a perspective view of a complete tray;

Fig. 4 is a erspective View of a portion of the tray wit end flaps thereof open showinthe formation of an end of the tray, and

ig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of an end of the tray, for instanceon a plane indin cated by the line V-V of Fig. 3.

The tray can be made of cardb'oard, broid or any light and durable material cut to prof vide two blanks which are cut to form, folded, placed together, and secured to provide a rigid oblong box-like structure hav.

ing a central longitudinal partition, and after the tray is so formed it is susceptible to a desired finish. For instance, it may be dipped or otherwise coated with a waterproof preparatlon providing a finish in imitation of enamel or metal, and since the tray' possesses considerable rigidity it will have the same appearance and may be handled as thou h made of metal, yet being lighter in lweig t.

The bodyor main shell of the tray is made from a blank that is `substantially rectangular in plan and the blank is provided with `scored? or weakened portions 1 indicating sandwiche longitudinal parallel places where the blank is to be folded. There will be partition portions 2 adapted to be placed in parallelism; bottom wall portions 3 which remain in a common plane; side wall portions 4 which are folded into parallelism with the partiin width to the combined width of the bot tom wall portions 3 and'adapted to be placed under said bottom wall portions to form a solid'uninterrupted bottom wall or face for the complete'tray. At the ends of the bottom blank 10 there are end wall portions 11- and end aps 12 adapted to be folded on the scored or weakened portions 13 which are disposed transversely of the bottomblank.

Taking the tray blank it is bent or folded vto provide a two-ply partition 14 formed from the partition portions 2, and two-ply side walls 15 formed from the side wall portions 4. The iaps 5 extend under the bot-A tom wall ortions and are adapted to be cl) between said bottom wall portions and the bottom blank 10.

The end flaps 7 are bent upwardly at a right angle to the bottom wall portions 3 and two of the end fiaps 8 are bent inwardly at a right angle to the side walls 15 at the inner faces of the end flaps 7, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The end aps 6 are bent at a right angle to the partition 14 and against the outer faces of the end iiaps 7.

The other end flaps 8 are bent at a right4 angle to the side walls 15 and against the outer faces of the end aps 7, the iaps 6 and 8 against the outer Vfaces of the end flaps 7 lying in opposed relation. In some instances, the outer end aps 8 may be dispensed with.

The end walls 11 are bent upwardly at a right angle to the bottom blank to lie a ainst the outer faces of the aps 6 and 8, an then the end iaps 12 are bent downwardly into the tray against the inner end iaps 8 and the end a s 7, the end aps 12 constituting spacers etween the partitlon 14 and the side walls 15.

Glue or any vsuitable adhesive material may be placed on the` confronting faces of the blanks and Haps to maintain all of the blank portions and fla s in folded relation, as outlined above and est shown in Fig. 5. A tray so formed may be dipped or otherwise coated to provide a finished article.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the bottom, side walls and central partition of the tray 4are two ply, and the end walls of the tray approximately five` ply. lt is therefore apparent -that with the tray made of card board or other sti material it will possess considerable rigidity.

What I claim is 1. A tray made of blanks placed in superposed relation with the upper blank bent to provide side walls and an uninterrupted partition throughout the length of the tray,

" aand the lower blank bent to provide end walls and4 portions serving as spacers between said partition and the side walls of the upper blank, the side and end walls of said blanks beingconnected.

2. A tray comprising blanks in superposed relation ,with one of said blanks bent andere@ fr0-provide. side walls and partitions and the 25 gother of. said blanks bent to providey end Iwalls and end llaps carried by both of said 'on the other, one of said blanks being bent to provide two ply side walls andia partition, the other blank being bent to provide two ply end walls, and means connecting the side 35 and end walls of said blanks to impart a greater thickness to the end walls of the tray. '4. A tray as in claim 3, characterized by said means including flaps some of which serve as spacers between the side walls and e@ partition of the tray.

ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A CHARLES C( casar u Witnesses: l

ANNA BAnroo'r, y NORAH MCFARLIN. V 

